[R-pkg-devel] [External] Re: Using DOTS from C API

[Josiah Parry]

Thank you all for such a wonderful discussion thread!

I think we can hold off on an implementation until there is a formal C API
for doing so.

On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM <luke-tierney using uiowa.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Aug 2025, Ivan Krylov via R-package-devel wrote:
>
> > В Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:25:57 -0700
> > Josiah Parry <josiah.parry using gmail.com> пишет:
> >
> >> *Question:* what is the best way to access a DOTSXP from R's C API in
> >> a function call.
> >
> > In the future, there may be a C interface for that:
> >
> https://gist.github.com/lionel-/1ebcbd5ec69c0775d514c329522408a3?permalink_comment_id=5716011#gistcomment-5716011
>
> Hopefully we'll be able to complete an API for doing these sorts of
> things safely in the next few months.
>
> > Currently, working with promises most likely requires some non-API
> > entry points. What's the intended R-side call from the S3 method to
> > Rust? What's the intended use on the Rust side?
> >
> >
>
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